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Foitite-Elbaite over Jeremejevite from Ameib Farm, Usakos, NE of Swakopmund, Erongo Region, Namibia

 
Foitite-Elbaite over Jeremejevite from Ameib Farm, Usakos, NE of Swakopmund, Erongo Region, Namibia

Foitite-Elbaite over Jeremejevite from Ameib Farm, Usakos, NE of Swakopmund, Erongo Region, Namibia

DESCRIPTION:No. 60920
Mineral:Foitite-Elbaite over Jeremejevite
Locality:Ameib Farm, Usakos, NE of Swakopmund, Erongo Region, Namibia
Description:Part of a cast composed of finely-crystallized foitite-elbaite tourmaline that formed over an elongated jeremejevite crystal. Pocket solutions etched the jeremejevite which mostly dissolved away leaving only small etched jeremejevite crystal fragments.
Overall Size:20x11x11 mm
Crystals:micro to 7 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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